Given his position, his picks are also like a chess move — you move the weaker pieces out first. Rush surely understands the NBC issues with Jindal and Rubio. He moves them up to block a Christie play, and keep the field open for a Palin.

Last time around Rush’s picks started dropping one by one until he was left promoting Mitt Romney against McCain and Huckabee. After Romney dropped out Rush stooped to Operation Chaos. Hopefully Rush won’t back Palin until She’s the only one left standing.

I’ve heard good things about West, but haven’t taken the time to check out his stated positions on a number of issues. He may be the guy, though it can be tough to jump into the big time only a few months into a first term in the House.

I think Rubio is a closet open-borders supporter, and that rules him out for me. We have to stop the massive invasion; it’s killing us.

Jindal is a smart guy, but is too weak to go up against the hardened leftists.

Since when not being a NBC an obstacle to the presidency? Naw, we can’t get bogged down in trivial details such as this. All either one would have to do is lawyer up and seal their records. Problem fixed!

I stopped listening to Rush when he extolled how valuable illegal aliens were for our economy. GAG!

Now that was a few years ago and thankfully he became wise and stopped making those statements. I returned as a faithful listener.

Then, in the past couple years, Rush has said that a Constitutional lawyer (Mark Levin?) told him there is no difference between a “native born citizen” and a “natural born citizen”.

(sigh!)

If true, why did our founders make a distinction in the U.S. Constitution between “citizen” eligibility for Congress, and “natural born citizen” eligibility for the Presidency?

If the only requirement to be President is to be born here, then any anchor baby could grow up to be CIC, no matter what citizenship his/her parents possessed.

It defies logic to believe the founders, who had just fought a brutal war with the most powerful empire on earth, had not thought this out. I’m certain they intended to prevent a person with dual loyalties from ever becoming President and Commander-in-Chief.

The Law of Nations is mentioned in Article I, so the Constitutional congress did read it, and the book was present during debates. Furthermore, it is natural law that a child born in a nation to citizen parents is a citizen, a natural born citizen: a legal statute isn’t required for natural law.

I believe Rush is a Trump man. He sometimes plays devil’s advocate on his show and points out negatives when conversing with Trump callers, but I think that’s just to give the appearance that he hasn’t selected a horse in this race.

Rush talked about Sarah and how he truly likes her... he complimented her and listed Sarah and Trump as the only two actually criticizing obama... and he defended Sarah against those trying to destroy her and her family. She has not announced yet and he was asked by a caller to name some conservatives that had not announced yet, that he liked and Rush then listed these three. The caller brought up West earlier in the call.

Exactly. Which is why immigrants are not eligible! Their children, who have been born here and spent there whole lives here, have no knowledge of the land of their parents except for what they’ve been told or maybe a visit or two, otoh, clearly are eligible. I have seen nothing codified in American law that prevents either Jindal or Rubio from being considered natural born. They would make a great ticket one day.

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posted on 04/26/2011 2:34:59 PM PDT
by WinOne4TheGipper
(Put Trump in charge! It worked great for the USFL!)

>> Mr. West ... JUST GOT THERE! They still need directios to find the mens room!

I can’t deny that Allan West is new. On the other hand, in his grasp of the issues and ability to think on his feet he is head and shoulders above nearly *all* legislators in ability — not just freshmen.

Then, too, he has one sort of experience that I prize very much in a candidate — actual management and leadership experience.

I’d vote for Allan West for POTUS in a heartbeat.

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posted on 04/26/2011 2:43:46 PM PDT
by Nervous Tick
(Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)

I wouldn’t be surprised if Rush is kind of messing with people’s heads a bit.

Never forget, he’s an entertainer . . . yeah, he’s an opinion-shaper, too, but he also shapes the opinions of the opposition—you KNOW they listen to every word he says. If he sounds like he’s leaning towards somebody, Media Matters and the rest of them have to start up the smear factories and opposition research operations.

Maybe he’s trying to get them to chase their tails a bit—turn a bit of reverse-Alinsky chaos loose on them.

I’d be astonished if Rush actually came out and formally endorsed anybody much before this time next year . . . if he actually does “endorse” at all before somebody wins the Republican nomination.

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